John Ellis is known to many Spurs fans and we have over 450 mutual friends on Facebook. I am pleased to add this "third eye" feature article written by "El Gringo". This time John offers his thoughts on our 4-0 win against Everton.

John invariably comments after every Spurs game on his Facebook page, and I usually agree with everything he writes. That applies to John's detailed eye-witness report on this game, which is published below, with kind permission:-

Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 Everton

On a deceptively cold late Saturday afternoon in front of a very large crowd, Spurs started the game very brightly. A number of players notably Dembele, Kane and Son ran at the Everton defence taking players on in an attempt to pierce holes within their tight defensive lines. This was a positive and distinctive change of approach from the passing game previously adopted against defensive minded teams.

With Chelsea having dropped a further two home points earlier in the day, Spurs had turned up with their game heads on looking focussed and determined. The early stages saw Aurier being found with regularity in wide open spaces down the right. Two lovely passes in particular from Kane and Eriksen found him but for all his endeavours, Aurier’s end product was poor and his early crosses were frustratingly unable to beat the first man.

Dele started to come into the game and broke in his distinctive languid style but his pass forced Kane too far wide to the right of goal. Dele was then brought down on the left edge of the penalty area and Son managed to get his head on a fiercely struck Eriksen free kick but the ball flashed over the bar.

In Everton’s first attack of note from a long Pickford punt up-field and a knock on, Rooney was in far too easily but fortunately angled his shot wide of the far post. It was a warning which seemed to give Everton self belief and a spell of pressure led to a succession of corners and from one, Rooney won the second ball to head into the roof of the net from point blank range. It was some time after before the Everton fans realised the goal had been ruled out for offside!

By this time Spurs had broken forward with Kane bringing a diving save which was quickly followed by two more Pickford saves from Kane. In the 26th minute a great ball from Eriksen found Aurier who bore down on goal to shoot across the face and there was red hot Son on hand to joyfully tap home and put Spurs one up! Son is in such a rich vein of form, it is a joy to behold. Today’s goal levelled Defoe’s record of scoring in five successive home games.

Spurs were now looking dominant, Jan Vertonghen won the ball and strode forward a la versus Wimbledon and with the crowd urging him to shoot he duly did but without the same level of success as last week. Dembele’s fitness and forward thrusts were a real feature of the opening half hour. It is so good to see him back to somewhere approaching his best and no coincidence that Spurs looked so much better with him on song.

A distasteful incident arose which was out of keeping with the sporting nature of the contest. Kane had chased the ball down and given away what appeared to be a relatively innocuous free kick in the Everton left back position. This led Rooney to run over and confront the referee, remonstrating for Kane to be booked or worse. In what could well be his last game at Wembley it was an unnecessary and unedifying sad final epitaph for a player who once graced the Wembley turf for club and country.

In response to Everton causing a degree of unease with their sporadic attacks, Pochettino showed his in-match flexibility by changing to a back five with Dier dropping in between Sanchez and Vertonghen. From an Eriksen corner on the Spurs left the ball cleared to the Everton left and Ben Davies showed tremendous commitment and a fair turn of pace to chase down the ball and win a throw in. In the final action of the first half, Davies stepped in to break up what threatened to be a dangerous Everton attack and in so doing confirmed his return to the form shown earlier in the season.

So Spurs went in at half time one to the good and the chat on the concourse was of how much more entertaining the first half had been than expected by many of the Spurs faithful against a defensive-minded Allardyce side. In the 47th minute, superb skill by Son to drag the ball under control and in one movement leave his marker for dead, allowed him to sprint down the left wing and cross for Kane to finish with ease to give Spurs a clear breathing space against a team regarded as doughty opposition. For me the goal was courtesy of the big screen replay as many of us hadn’t realised the second half had kicked off and we were still on the concourse debating the first half performance!

Son is not only in a rich vein of scoring but in the form of his life. What a player he is blossoming into being! Early in the second half he hit a purple patch and terrorised the Everton defence time and again. One such burst released Dele who with his left foot surprisingly shot into the side netting when it seemed a third goal was on the cards.

Not to be outdone, Kane attacked through the middle and with Dele to his right and Son free to his left unleashed a powerful shot from the edge of the box which brought a diving save from Pickford - a pass to Son might have been the better option. In the 57th minute, as he entered the fray, the crowd rose to give a standing ovation to Aaron Lennon. Given the difficulties overcome by our former hero in fighting back to playing Premier League football, it was a truly heart warming and endearing moment from the Spurs fans. The generosity wasn’t however extended by the Spurs players as within in a minute of Lennon being on the pitch, Son cut across the outside of the box from the right and smashed a tremendous shot against the foot of the left hand post with the rebound being too quick for Dele to react. Son really is on another level.

Within another minute Dier crossed for Kane whose mis-hit shot took what seemed an age to drop into the net for him to become Spurs highest scorer in the Premier League era with 98 goals - one more than Teddy Sheringham. These days not a week seems to pass by without Kane breaking a record or winning an award and this goal also signified his twentieth Premier League goal for the fourth successive season! It’s been said before and will be many times again but this man Harry Kane, what a player he is!

In the 66th minute Dele played a beautiful ball from the Spurs left full back position for Aurier to break down the right. Some of Spurs passing today short and long has been excellent and as I write this line, Jan Vertonghen effortlessly delivers a tremendous pin point ball out to Aurier on the right wing. Jan Vertonghen has really stepped up his game and is showing a remarkably high level of consistency week in week out. Aurier is also improving game on game. Pochettino is building a good track record in developing his full backs.

With still more than 20 minutes to go the away end was already emptying. The away fans knew there was no way back against this formidable Tottenham team. In the 75th minute Rooney did just about breakthrough but had the ball taken off him like candy from a baby by Vertonghen. The embarrassment caused Rooney to dish out retribution in scything Vertonghen down for which he was rightly punished with a booking.

Spurs attacked again and again. Pickford was working overtime to keep the score down to a respectable level and pulled off a good double save firstly from Son and secondly from Dele’s first time follow up effort. Pickford must be stating a strong case for the England goalkeeping spot at this year’s World Cup finals. In addition to his saves, it was also noticeable just how far away from danger he parried shots to safety.

With ten minutes remaining, Wanyama who had replaced the excellent Dier, broke up an attack and Son was put through. He should probably have squared to Dele or Kane who were better placed. It is interesting to note the difference with Man City where Guardiola insists on players putting the team first by passing to players in better positions whereas the Spurs strikers seem to adopt a much more selfish approach of shoot on sight.

Within a minute however superlatives were being rolled out all over the stadium. Spurs fourth goal was a peach of a one touch team goal, a gem to adorn a sparkling performance. Aurier played the ball in from the right wing to Son who immediately passed it further inside to Dele. Dele skilfully back heeled across goal to Eriksen who superbly buried the ball into the bottom left hand corner of the net to finish with aplomb.

This fourth goal showed Tottenham in all of their pomp and glory, at their supreme imperious best. A symphony orchestra could not have been more in tune with each other than this Spurs attack. What a moment and what a goal!

There was still time for Sissoko to show within the one attacking movement the good and not so good sides of his play. Firstly the good as he surged through the centre on a powerful rampaging run towards the Everton box but sadly then undid his good work with a poor final ball which didn’t quite reach Kane. When he runs at defences in this manner, Sissoko can at times look an unplayable unstoppable tour de force which Spurs found out to their cost at St James’ Park during that ignominious end of season thrashing. This must have left an indelible image on the Spurs power brokers when buying him that summer.

The defence looked a whole lot different today with Everton not being allowed to muster a single shot on target which was quite an achievement by the Spurs defence to protect Lloris so well. It will be an interesting team selection when Alderweireld returns as Son is no longer a player to drop to the bench!

And so the curtain came down on yet another fine performance by the Tottenham Hotspur symphony orchestra, superbly conducted by the maestro Mauricio Pochettino to the delight of the vast majority of the large 76,251 crowd. Spurs are truly on a roll now, the Wembley hoodoo a long distant memory ahead of some mouth watering matches to come in the next weeks at our temporary home.

Firstly though and not least, the important matter of securing three vital points at St Mary’s...

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